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    The Poet Sant Eknath and His Works

    A Short Note On Sant Eknath

    Sant Eknath was born in 1530 AD into a prestigious Pratisthan Brahmin family (Paithan today). They became known to become the village’s Kulkarnis; their real identity would be Eknath Suryajipant Kulkarni. Sant Bhanudas, Eknath’s paternal grandpa, was the one who transported the precious picture of Lord Pandurang through Vijayanagar to Pandharpur. Suryanarayan and Rukmini, Eknath’s parents, disappeared soon following his birth, and Eknath was raised bygd his förfäder, Chakrapani and Saraswatibai. Eknath would have to endure the ridicule of other youngsters as an orphan. As a kid, he began to reject their interaction and sought shelter in devotion and other contemplative activities.

    Early Years

    Sant Eknath first heard of Janardan Swami when he was approximately twelve years old. This famous philosopher resided at Devgiri, which the Muslim overlords of the period termed Daulatabad. Eknath tre

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    Eknath The sculpture reproduced on the endpaper depicts a scene where three soothsayers are interpreting to King Suddhodana the dream of Queen Maya, mother of Lord Buddha. Below them is seated a scribe recording the interpretation. This is perhaps the earliest available pictorial record of the art of writing in India. From : Nagarjunakonda, 2nd century A.D. Courtesy ; National Museum, New Delhi. MAKERS OF INDIAN LITERATURE X EKNATH G.V.TAGARE I Saliitya Akademi X Sahitya Akademi Rabindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi 110 001 Sales Department' 'Swali',MandirMarg, New Delhi 110 001 172, Mmnbai Marattu Granth Sangrahalaya Marg Dadar (East), Bombay 4(X) 014 7eevan Tara' 23A/44X Diamond Harbour Road, Calcutta 700 053 Guna, 304-305, Anna Salai, Teynampet, Madras 6CK3 018 ADA Rangamandira, 109, J. C. Road, Bangalore - 560 002 @ Sahilya Akademi First Published 1993 Rs. 15 ISBN 81-7201-456-21 Published by theSahitya AlcademL and printed

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    "Eknath" - Hinduism - Oxford Bibliographies

    12/19/2017 Ekn th - Hinduism - Oxford Bibliographies Ekn th Jon Keune LAST MODIFIEDŚ 29 NOVEMBER 2017 DOIŚ 10.1093/OBO/9780195399318-0188 Introduction Ekn th (Ekan th, Ekan tha) was a Brahmin saint-poet and vernacular intellectual who lived in mainly in the town of Pai haṇ (known in ancient times as Prati h na), in what is now the state of Maharashtra, where the main language is Marathi. His birth and death dates are uncertain, but scholars commonly observe 1533 and 1599. Ekn th is one of the four major poet-saints of the V rkarī tradition, which is the largest devotional or bhakti tradition in Maharashtra. His compositions, along with those of Jñ ndev, N mdev, and Tuk r m, make up the V rkarī poetic canon. Of the four, Ekn th is usually acknowledged to be the most scholarly, which is visible in his philosophical compositions and reflected in stories of him teaching multi-caste audiences and debating Brahmin opponents. Orphaned